New Delhi: VHP and Bajrang Dal activists Tuesday protested at various cinema halls in the capital as well in other parts of India. Protestors vandalised a theatre screening Aamir Khan's movie 'PK' in Delhi, saying it was against the religious sentiments of Hindus.
Demanding an immediate ban on the film, the activists of the right wing groups protested outside Delite theatre in central Delhi's Daryaganj and south Delhi's PVR Priya.
Around 70 protesters of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the Bajrang Dal gathered outside the Delite theatre at 11.45 a.m. They smashed windows, tore up posters and banners and raised slogans against the film directed by Rajkumar Hirani.
The other group of activists staged a protest around 4 p.m. outside Priya.
The right wing groups demanded a ban on 'PK' which has generated controversy for its portrayal of godmen and their misuse of religion for personal gain.
"The movie hurts the sentiments of Hindus, it should be banned immediately," Hindu Sena national president Vishnu Gupta told IANS.
Gupta also demanded the immediate removal of the censor board chairperson.
A Delhi Police official said: "After receiving complaints of protests at several places, we have deployed security personnel at the cinema halls to maintain law and order."
In Madhya Pradesh, protestors burnt the posters of the film while demanding a ban on the screening of the movie, directed by Rajumkar Hirani, in Neemuch in Malwa region.
The activists proceeded towards Rajmandir movie hall in Bhopal with saffron flags in their hands and demanded that the screening of the movie should be stopped.
However, Additional Superintendent of Police, Neemuch, Pankaj Pandey told IANS that the protesters were stopped before the cinema hall and were not allowed to disrupt the screening of the film.
Aamir Khan-starrer 'PK' Tuesday faced protest here as activists of right-wing Hindu groups held a demonstration outside a cinema hall, demanding that its screening be stopped.
The owners of Megha, a cinema theatre in Dilsukhnagar area, had to briefly suspend screening of the movie due to protest by Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal activists.
Police said about 30 protesters gathered outside the theatre, tore and set afire the posters of the movie. They also raised slogans against Khan and the film's director.
Last week, some Bharatiya Janata Party workers lodged complaints against the movie at two police stations in the city. They sought action against the makers for hurting religious sentiments of Hindus.
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